Interesting Tidbits

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:20:00 -0500

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"Our art is in making the abilities of our software accessible to those who do not know how it works."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:29:40 -0500

“Our art is in making the abilities of our software accessible to those who do not know how it works.”

- Engineer Thinking

CSS Border Radius

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:44:26 -0500

CSS Border Radius:

A handy tool that generates the CSS (WebKit, Gecko and CSS3) for border radius.

"I used to think the brain was the most important organ. Then I thought, look what’s telling me that."

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:19:31 -0500

“I used to think the brain was the most important organ. Then I thought, look what’s telling me that.”

- Emo Philips (via sujay)

"People who try to use C++ to build giant, hairy systems often wind up being giant, hairy programmers..."

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:49:44 -0500

“People who try to use C++ to build giant, hairy systems often wind up being giant, hairy programmers as a result.”

- Stevey’s Home Page - Ten Great Books (via duwanis)

ilovecharts: via aunihusted

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:08:43 -0500

ilovecharts:

via aunihusted

A new global visual language for the BBC's digital services

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:58:48 -0500

A new global visual language for the BBC's digital services:

Great design usually boils down to paying attention to the smallest details. Bravo, BBC, for setting an exemplary model.

Buying your way into the App Store’s Top 25

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:34:40 -0500

Buying your way into the App Store’s Top 25:

Want to be in the top 25 of Apple’s App Store? If you advertise with AdMob to get there, look to spend $30k.

Writing for The Web

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:12:13 -0500

Writing for The Web:

A great list of tips of how to write effectively on the web.

"Developers often say, threading is hard. I disagree. Threading isn’t hard, concurrency is..."

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:19:46 -0500

“Developers often say, threading is hard. I disagree. Threading isn’t hard, concurrency is hard.”

- The Sleeping Barber

I’m digging the blend of minimalism and comfort on this...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:51:15 -0500

I’m digging the blend of minimalism and comfort on this sofa. Quite welcoming.

The Sofa Ruché

Why Your Startup Shouldn't Copy 37signals or Fog Creek

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:24:39 -0500

Why Your Startup Shouldn't Copy 37signals or Fog Creek:

Do what works for you.

"The problem is that a new developer simply has no conceptual model for the problem at all. In most..."

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:51:59 -0500

“The problem is that a new developer simply has no conceptual model for the problem at all. In most cases, the “noob” can stare at “the f***ing manual” all day and simply fail to find something staring him in the face. Importantly, this does not reflect a failing on the part of the new developer. Virtually everyone I know who worked their way from noob to senior Rails developer starting feeling around the elephant.”

- The Blind Men and the Elephant: A Story of Noobs

iPhone programming tip

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:47:00 -0500

An excerpt from this comment by Dustin Clark:

Word to the wise…do not use a root view controller and add views to it like so:

[rootViewController.view addSubview:secondViewController.view];

What’s wrong with Google’s Nexus One phone and...

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:39:54 -0500

What’s wrong with Google’s Nexus One phone and Android operating system.

ilovecharts: yeahapparently: (via papertissue)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:04:52 -0500

ilovecharts:

yeahapparently:

(via papertissue)

Serial Numbers Are Dead. Long Live Serials.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:21:16 -0500

Serial Numbers Are Dead. Long Live Serials.:

Some interesting thoughts on improving the software registration experience for the user.

ilovecharts

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:01:00 -0500

ilovecharts

Cocotron

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:26:35 -0500

Cocotron:

Interesting. “The purpose of the project is to provide an easy to use cross-platform solution for Objective-C development.”

"Programmers don’t like coding, they like problem solving."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:19:01 -0500

“Programmers don’t like coding, they like problem solving.”

- rentzsch.com: Programmers Don’t Like to Code